Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 424, Part 5: When doing good deeds, never leave your name.

After a long nap, Xi Ren went to Lane Crawford and bought herself a Versace suit, the very extravagant kind. The seven-carat diamond necklace around her neck shone brightly under the lights.

Hong Kong is also one of the main battlegrounds of the fashion industry. Versace, an emerging brand, has already opened a boutique in Lane Crawford department store in Hong Kong, less than eight months after it opened.

The waiter standing to the side looked at the dazzling Xi Ren with envy and hatred in his eyes.

Putting aside the customer's beauty and the diamond necklace worth millions around her neck, the Versace suit she bought alone would be enough for her entire family to work for a year.

Xi Ren looked in the mirror and noticed that another fine line had appeared at the corner of her eye. It seemed she couldn't stay up late anymore. As for the envious and jealous looks behind the mirror, she didn't care at all.

It's New Year's Eve, and there are people everywhere.

Because of the new fine line at the corner of her eye, Xiren lost the mood to continue shopping. She took out a small stack of gold bulls, finished paying, and then had the sales assistant follow behind her to deliver the clothes she bought to her car.

Handsome Sheng gave away his Porsche sports car to the bus, but exchanging a sports car that depreciates every day for a diamond necklace whose price keeps rising is a sure-fire way to make money.

The car that Xi Ren is driving now is a Rolls-Royce that Teacher Li gave her, since she now has the power to decide where Professor A and Professor K go.

Professor Li really needed these two professors who possessed the Blue Blood, so he gave them the Rolls-Royce Silver Spur as a small gift.

However, Teacher Li is a stingy person. He didn't give her the driver from last time, but only a car.

This old car, without a driver, tastes much worse.

Xiren could only use the key to open the trunk and have the waiter put the clothes inside.

After putting away the clothes, the waiter bowed and left the parking space.

Only after seeing the waiter enter the elevator did Xi close the trunk, open the car door, get in, and leave the department store.

It was still early, so I went back to the Sheraton Hotel and watched TV. This atmosphere of family reunion was not suitable for an orphan like myself who had been sold around.

With that thought in mind, she turned the car around to look for some excitement.

The high-end gyms in Central are all open 24 hours a day. Xi Ren came to the Central Club mentioned by the Eight-Faced Buddha. After buying the most expensive package from the membership consultant, the consultant willingly led Xi Ren to visit the Central Club's storage area.

She deliberately led the membership consultant to locker number 3312, coughed twice, then feigned weakness and said, "Hello, sir, could I have a glass of water?"

When faced with the God of Wealth, membership consultants are naturally willing to grant any request; after all, the God of Wealth is the greatest.

Seeing the membership consultant leave, Xiren immediately perked up. She quickly went to locker number 3312 and took out a small pair of pressure pliers from her expensive handbag.

Although she was skilled at lock picking, the problem was that the front desk was only a dozen meters away, and it would only take less than five minutes to go back and forth. She wasn't confident that she could open the small lock in less than five minutes.

Don't do things you're not sure about.

With a quick snap of the small pressure pliers, the small lock was immediately cut. Xiren put the small tool, made in West Germany, into her bag, quickly opened the storage cabinet, but did not find the key that the Eight-Faced Buddha had mentioned.

Undeterred, she quickly searched the cabinet, but still couldn't find the key to the Credit Suisse bank safe deposit box.

be cheated!
Realizing what had happened, Xiren quickly closed the cabinet, took out a new lock from her handbag, locked the storage cabinet again, and returned to her previous position, waiting for the membership consultant to return with the water.

But after waiting for a full ten minutes, the membership consultant still hadn't appeared. She immediately sensed something was wrong, so she grabbed her handbag and walked out of the storage area.

Bloody smell!

The air was filled with the pungent, scorching smell of freshly cooked blood.

Xi Ren immediately realized that she had been tricked, but she did not continue forward. Instead, she returned to the storage area and left through another path.

The person who set this up is very shrewd. The deceased was probably a membership consultant. A murder occurred at the Central Club. The boss of the Central Club will definitely use his connections to get the police to solve the case.

The CCTV cameras in the storage area were definitely sabotaged, but the CCTV cameras at the main gate were certainly intact, and your own image and voice would definitely appear in the CCTV footage.

Hong Kong is now full of shrewd young men, and life is getting harder and harder!

Xi Ren took off her leather jacket, held it in her hand, swaggered out of the Central Club, took the elevator to the underground parking lot, and drove her Rolls-Royce Silver Spur away from the Golden Hill Building in Central.

As soon as the car entered the road, police cars with sirens blaring arrived at the Golden Hill Building in Central, just as she had expected.

It's really unfavorable for fleeting years!

As Xiren drove, she cursed inwardly, thinking that she would go to Wong Tai Sin Temple tomorrow to pray and find a fortune teller to see if she could change her luck.

However, Xiren was unaware that there was a reason for her bad luck: on the rooftop of the building opposite the Jinshan Building, Teacher Li was watching her leave with binoculars.

"Master, we have the key, and the police have arrived."

Teacher Li put down the binoculars, reached for the key, and threw it downstairs without even looking at it.

Two million US dollars in bearer bonds is indeed not a small amount, but now Teacher Li has taken over the transportation network of the Eight-Faced Buddha throughout Southeast Asia, and new sales channels are being established.

Give him a few months, and once the new network is established, countless sums of money will flow into his laundered bank accounts.

A mere two million US dollars can be earned in the blink of an eye.

The key is to defeat Song Sheng now. If we can't defeat Song Sheng, no matter how successful we are in Southeast Asia, it will only benefit others.

The thought of this made Teacher Li feel incredibly resentful.

I also need the support of my boss, but the bosses of the Zu family are a bunch of cold-blooded devils who only care about the money in their bank accounts and whether the funds for missions and activities that are not being pursued have arrived. They don't care about my life or death at all!

The smell on Handsome Sheng was too strong; he was very likely a two-faced person like himself. But this suspected two-faced scoundrel didn't want to cooperate with him.

Since he refuses, I'll give him a push and make him take the bait.

Thinking of this, Teacher Li smiled smugly, tossed the binoculars to his loyal maid, and prepared to return to his villa to continue the annual Uncensored Party.

"Ta-da!"

"Namo Amitabha Night, Duotagadu Night"

Standing behind the immortal brocade, Chi Mengli felt a little strange. The mountain gate of the water house was the Dragon Tiger Temple, also known as the famous Man Mo Temple. Why was there a high-ranking monk there? This was the first legal temple in Hong Kong. Even after Hong Kong became a colony, the Chinese did not seek legal counsel from foreigners. The former Qing Dynasty magistrate of Kowloon Island adjudicated cases here.

Later, the foreigners tried every means to bring Longhu Temple under the jurisdiction of Tung Wah Hospital, which later became Tung Wah Third Hospital.

The Po Leung Kuk was established, the Gentry Association was established, the Long Gun Team was disbanded, and almost all the contradictions and problems between Chinese folk customs and modern society were discussed here by the county magistrate, along with Chinese leaders, foreign human rights lawyers, and foreigners from overseas colonial departments.

(Back then, Ho Tung, a foreign traitor, spoke here, demanding that Chinese people only buy domestically produced goods, support Dr. Sun Yat-sen, make large donations, and fight against Emperor Hongxian, Yuan Shikai!)

The Dragon and Tiger Temple enshrines Guan Sheng Di Jun and Wen Chang Di Jun, one a civil official and the other a military one, which is why it is known as the Dragon and Tiger Temple by people in the martial arts world.

But then Chi Mengli thought again that Guan Sheng Di Jun is revered as the Bodhisattva of the Sangharama in Buddhism, so he is also a member of Buddhism. It wouldn't be a big problem if a few senior monks were chanting sutras in the temple.

I'm really unlucky. Last night, on New Year's Eve, I stayed up until 2 a.m., drank a lot of alcohol, and got out of bed at 5 a.m. to accompany Shenxianjin to worship the gods.

But to the other members of the same sect, this was an honor, and they were all green with envy.

Whether this was a compliment or a hardship, only Chi Mengli and Ma Wangjian knew, since the two of them were the same kind of rascals, constantly yawning and cursing.

After offering incense, Shenxian Jin chatted with the temple keeper of Longhu Temple for a few minutes. Lazy Ghost Bing opened his briefcase, took out a check, and handed it to the temple keeper with both hands.

This is the mountain gate of Shuifang. Every year during festivals, Shuifang donates a large sum of money to Longhu Temple. When Shuifang encounters insurmountable difficulties, Longhu Temple will also step in to help resolve them.

When the Shuifang and Lijia families separated, Longhu Temple also contributed its efforts.

Shenxian Jin turned around, looked at Ma Wangjian and Liangzai Sheng, and then at the few henchmen standing listlessly at the gate, smoking and chatting. He said, "These young guys nowadays can't keep up with an old man like me."

“I also spent the whole night drinking with courtesans last night, and I’m not like you guys, listless and like a rooster that lost a fight.”

“Ah Jian, Lan Lai’s high-end hotel is short of a batch of chickens. You select a batch of high-quality chickens and send them to Lan Lai. As for the price, you two can discuss it yourselves. As per the rules, I’ll take 10% of the profits.”

"Don't cross the sea today. It's New Year's Day. Let the women of Malan under your command reunite with their families."

"Ah Sheng, you were really impressive yesterday! You gave the gang a lot of face, not bad."

“Tsim Sha Tsui belongs to Wo Luen Shing, Mong Kok belongs to Sun Kee, Causeway Bay and Portland Street belong to the Numbers Gang, so Yau Ma Tei should belong to Shui Fong.”

"These days, whether you're running a criminal gang or doing legitimate business, you need manpower. If you lose too many '49's, you can't even hold onto a peep!"

The Hong Kong underworld has changed too quickly, even the seasoned veteran, Shen Xian Jin, was a bit overwhelmed. He hadn't expected that a nightclub in Chinatown would require six triads to attend, and even the Wo Luen Shing couldn't contain their anger.

The fact that six gangs hired six accounting firms to audit their books has become a laughing stock in the underworld. But Shenxian Jin knows the inside story: these six gangs are all bloated with wealth and constantly recruiting new members.

The renovation of the Dragon Palace nightclub in Yau Ma Tei is nearing completion. Once the soft furnishings are in place, it will be ready to open for business.

In such a top-tier nightclub, one branch can't handle it all, and even one head of the club might not be able to keep the fire burning.

"Old Ding, recruiting soldiers? Don't be ridiculous! The more henchmen you have, the more traitors you'll find. I was just tricked once."

"We haven't found out yet whether there are any traitors around us who might betray us!"

Chi Mengli complained that he didn't want to recruit any more soldiers recently, and he had to dig out all the traitors around him before he could feel at ease.

Shenxian Jin laughed out loud, looking at the large incense burner in front of him, and said, "It's normal to have traitors and spies. Only a moldy base will have no followers."

"I asked you to take care of Oak Wharf, but you haven't done anything. Is there something you're having trouble telling me?"

Oak Wharf is Song Sheng's target. Even if Shen Xianjin keeps quiet, Chi Mengli will take the initiative to cause trouble. But now the cops are watching Oak Wharf 24 hours a day, and he doesn't even have a chance to make a move.

"Of course there's something I can't say!"

"Old Ding, do you know what I want to do? Avenge my boss Robin! But I don't have a single clue. I only know that Song Sheng was behind it, but I can't even find a hair on Song Sheng's head. How can I help my boss get his money back?"

Boxing King Sheng was pulled away by Song Sheng. Shen Xian Jin was definitely unable to suppress the anger in his heart, plus Shui Fang also had designs on Oak Wharf.

There are many wharves in Hong Kong, but purchasing a fully equipped wharf requires a large sum of money.

Oak International's move to acquire the Hong Kong pier is a golden opportunity. If Shui Fang can get hold of the pier and connect it with the Singapore pier, they can transport Miss Bai to Honolulu without any hindrance.

It's very easy for a 10,000-ton cargo ship to carry a few tons of Miss White inside its waterproof layer.

Logically and emotionally, Shenxian Jin should reveal some information to herself so that she can better fight against Song Sheng.

"Hehe! Silly boy, if you want to force Song Sheng out, you'd better put in more effort. Don't say I didn't teach you. Song Sheng is going to ship a batch of goods to Australia and his family soon."

"The shipping point is Oak Wharf. Song Sheng's partners wanted to test the waters, so this shipment was relatively small, only one ton of pork."

"That old bastard Deng Qi has already made connections between heaven and earth. After the pork is delivered to Honolulu, the Hongmen headquarters will help with distribution. Originally, the head of the gang was responsible for transferring the money, but Song Sheng said that the water room was not safe and asked to be replaced."

"So this time, the bank that washes rice is one of Song Sheng's people. They're trying to steal the water room's business and cut off someone's livelihood. It's like killing someone's parents. This old bastard is really domineering. This is intolerable!"

"Song Sheng has really messed up this time with the plane!"

"The professor is gone, but the Number Gang still has pork. There's definitely something fishy going on here."

"Ah Sheng, you said it yourself, you want to avenge Robin, this time it's up to you!"

"Let's ruin this deal!"

Since Handsome Sheng wanted an opportunity, Immortal Brocade certainly couldn't be stingy. He directly revealed the number gang and Song Sheng's pork business, letting Handsome Sheng stir things up.

Everything that needed to be said has been said, and the worship of the gods has been completed.

Shenxian Jin invited everyone to go to the teahouse next door. This teahouse was very unique, serving only vegetarian food.

On the first and fifteenth of the lunar month, eat vegetarian food to accumulate good karma!
His virtues, those of a saint and a god, spread throughout Hong Kong and benefit all; his civil and military talents bestow his grace upon the Guangdong seas, bringing peace and tranquility.

Chi Mengli looked at the couplet in front of the main hall and fell into deep thought. Hong Kong, like a calm sea, is actually full of undercurrents, and every moment one or two lives must be sacrificed.

(End of this chapter)